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By Deborah Dalziel, 2 November 2018 On 22 October more than 430 yacht racing industry professionals gathered in Lorient, France to discuss the state and future of the global yacht racing industry. Over two jam-packed days the event covered everything…
The Smeg 18ft Skiff crew of Michael Coxon, Mike McKensey and Ricky Bridge were brilliant as they led the fleet from start-to-finish and dominated Race 4 of the Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour today. The team won the start…
The International Finn Association (IFA) is extremely disappointed to see the decision taken today at the World Sailing AGM in Sarasota, USA, to exclude any event options for the Finn in favour of adopting the Mixed Two-Person Keelboat. Most of…
Between the 31st of October and the 3rd of November, the world’s best female match racers gathered in Ascona to compete in the Swiss International Women’s Match. Despite heavy rain and tricky wind conditions an impressive 66 matches were completed…
A Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore Event will feature at the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition, providing a new dynamic to the Olympic movement, following ratification at World Sailing’s Annual General Meeting. After a week of meetings, the AGM brought…
Sunday was a winning day in Tasmania for Huon Valley orchardist and sailor Andrew Smith – he organised the raising of more than $15,000 as drought relief for farmers and his boat Smigger won the SB20 sports boat class at…
The Finn class has been part of the Olympics since 1952 and is an undeniable and integral part of the history and culture of the Games, creating more stars of the sailing world than any other class. It is not…
Sarasota, Florida – The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) working in cooperation with the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and Union National Course au Large (UNCL), founding partners of the IRC rating system, are pleased to announce the approval of the…
Stuff.co.nz The New York Yacht Club are the second 2021 America's Cup challenger to launch a test boat. American Magic revealed on their Facebook page images of a weekend launching in Rhode Island of a monohull with foils, looking to…
Representatives of the RORC and ORC met at the Royal Malta Yacht Club before the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race to discuss the continued cooperation between IRC and ORC on a technical level, and the future of a…
In a fading SSE breeze, the Finport Trade Finance team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and Charlie Gundy hung on to win a heart-stopping Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After…
Four elite, world-class sailing teams – showcasing the dynamism of the sport – have been shortlisted for the inaugural World Sailing Team of the Year Award. The World Sailing Team of the Year Award celebrates teams of two or more…
A near gale-force sou’-wester came roaring up the River Derwent at more than 30 knots this afternoon, playing havoc with the Combined Clubs Summer Pennant race, with a man overboard (MOB) situation, a dismasting and other gear damage that forced…
Australia’s Martin Hill and his crew of Julian Plante, Sean O’Rourke and Mat Belcher have out-sailed a class international fleet to win the Etchells Worlds on Moreton Bay in Brisbane, holding on to their overnight lead and maintaining composure in…
Nick Press and Andrew Hay (Sydney Sailmakers) have made it two in a row, backing up to win the 12ft skiff Parramatta River Championship for the Len Postill Memorial Trophy late this afternoon, after taking out the Upper Harbour Championship…
James Dorron and his Asko Appliances team of Paul Montague and Harry Bethwaite were Australia's top team going into the 2018 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship last March, but the trio are determined to turn that performance into victory on…
A new event will be added to the Women’s International Match Racing Series next year – a Chinese event will take place in the fall of 2019. After a deal made between the WIM Series and the event organizer FarEast Boats, a new…
The Spring dates for the World Cup Series Genoa and the Hyéres Regatta, which will follow the Trofeo Princesa Sofia have been revised and are now confirmed for 2019 and 2020. The events will be held on the following dates: 2019…
Judging by her double win overnight in the Isle of Caves race. Shaun Tiedemann’s Philosopher is already showing the right form to successfully defend her Australian Yachting Championship IRC division title on Melbourne’s Port Phillip next January. Owner/skipper Shaun Tiedemann’s…
Four-time world champion and 2016 Olympian Billy Besson has been announced as the helmsman for the France SailGP Team, which also features Marie Riou, SailGP’s first female onboard crew member. The full team was revealed on Marseille Harbor, which will…
Celebrating the Gold Coast’s 10th Anniversary Sail Paradise Series, preparation for 2016 series champion Ocean Gem are well underway to win back their title this coming January. After being crowned the series overall champion following the 2016 Coffs to Paradise…
October 23, 2018 – 109 photographers representing 25 nationalities took part in the 9th edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image photo competition. The photos submitted, of great quality, illustrate the 2018 sailing season and highlight the extraordinary diversity of…
The Asko Appliances 18ft Skiff team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Paul Montague brilliantly won the start in today's Race 2 of the Spring Championship then dominated the race with a faultless exhibition to win by 1m15s on Sydney…
CAGLIARI, Italy (October 20, 2018) – On a very intense, final day of racing in Cagliari at the 2018 Melges 32 World Championship hosted by Yacht Club Cagliari, defending 2017 Champion Pavel Kuznetsov at the helm of TAVATUY with tactician…
It was a long day for the Extreme Sailing Series fleet as light winds teased the teams on the penultimate day of racing in San Diego. Despite the challenging forecasts for the afternoon, Race Director John Craig remained optimistic as…
Tight, tense racing thrilled the Californian crowds that gathered on Harbor Island, as Team Oman Air topped the US Act podium on day four of Extreme Sailing Series San Diego – thwarting Alinghi in the final races of the day….
Paul and Michelle Boutchard today returned to yacht racing on the River Derwent on their J35, Mem, after a break of more than a year, and scored four Division 1 wins. Today was the first day of the Combined Clubs…
Wendy Tuck, who this year became the first female skipper to ever win a round the world yacht race, has scooped the pool at the 2018 Australian Sailing Awards in held in Sydney tonight. Tuck took out the top honour…
A total of more than 50 Tasmanian yachts now have IRC certificates, near 30 for the first time, thanks to the combined efforts of Tasmanian IRC measurer Fred Barrett, Australian Sailing and the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in the…
Cagliari, Italy: After only one race at the Melges 32 World Championship in Cagliari today, the final day of competition on Saturday local time is guaranteed to be intense and pressure driven. As Matteo Balestrero at the helm of Giogi…
San Diego Bay and its banks were buzzing with activity today as the Extreme Sailing Series came to town for the penultimate stop on its 2018 global tour. The Californian crowds swarmed to Harbor Island as the world-class international fleet…
The hunters became the hunted as Team Oman Air closed the gap on Extreme Sailing Series frontrunners, Alinghi, on the second day of racing in San Diego. Having seen some strong results on the opening day of the Act, Oman…
Nick Press and Andrew ‘Noddy’ Hay (Sydney Sailmakers) have taken out the first major 12ft skiff regatta for 2018-2019, the Upper Harbour Championship, hosted by Lane Cove 12 Foot Sailing Skiff Club (LC 12ft SSC) this afternoon. It means the…
The second FAREAST 28R World Championship came to an end after four days of racing at the beautiful venue of Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China. Located at 1750m above sea level, this fresh water lake provided some challenging conditions during the 11 races….
A charitable trust has announced plans to build a replica of the 19th century racing yacht Britannia. The K1 Britannia Trust says that construction is due to begin next year and the finished yacht will be unveiled at the 2021…
In June 2019, a new international match racing event will take place on the Swedish west coast. Midsummer Match Cup in Skärhamn on the island of Tjörn will not only introduce a new fantastic venue for professional match racing, the…
Geelong’s Festival of Sails is on track for another spectacular event. Today marks 100 days until the 2019 Festival of Sails kicks off on Australia Day, January 26, 2019. In a positive sign for the event, entries for the 2019…
CAGLIARI, Italy (October 16, 2018) – For a third and final week in a row, Melges mania will storm the shores of Cagliari, Italy for the 2018 Melges 32 World Championship hosted by Yacht Club Cagliari. After last weekend's crowning…
There may not be many of them but the quality is certainly not lacking in the Multi50 class that will start the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race from Saint Malo on November 4th. Sailing their 15-metre foiling…
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, and Rolex, the leading name in prestige watches that includes watches engineered specifically for sailing, are now inviting the public to vote for one male and one female who they think…
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